eng: wind - UWN/MENTA

eng: wind

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means	(noun) air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere" wind, air current, current of air
means	(noun) a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change" wind
means	(noun) breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him" wind
means	(noun) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" jazz, idle words, wind, malarkey, nothingness, malarky
means	(noun) an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" lead, tip, confidential information, steer, hint, wind
means	(noun) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath wind, wind instrument
means	(noun) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus flatus, farting, breaking wind, fart, wind
means	(noun) the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" winding, wind, twist
means	(verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" meander, weave, wander, wind, thread
means	(verb) extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest" twist, wind, curve
means	(verb) arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" roll, wrap, twine, wind
means	(verb) catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs" wind, scent, nose
means	(verb) coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch" wind, wind up
means	(verb) form into a wreath wind, wreathe
means	(verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" lift, wind, hoist
means	e/Wind

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